BILL NUMBER: SCR 38	CHAPTERED  09/21/99

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   128
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 21, 1999
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   SEPTEMBER 3, 1999
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   JULY 15, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Johnston

                        JUNE 8, 1999

   Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 38--Relative to the Rick Charles
Cromwell Memorial Freeway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 38, Johnston.  City of Lodi Motorcycle Police Officer Rick
Charles Cromwell.
   This measure would designate the portion of State Highway Route 12
between Lower Sacramento Road and the Lodi City limits at State
Highway Route 99 the "Officer Rick Charles Cromwell Memorial Freeway."

   The measure also would request the Department of Transportation to
determine the cost of appropriate plaques and markers showing that
special designation, and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources sufficient to cover that cost, to erect those plaques and
markers.




   WHEREAS, City of Lodi Motorcycle Police Officer Rick Charles
Cromwell died in the line of duty at the age of 35 years while
performing traffic enforcement on State Highway Route 12 in Lodi on
December 9, 1998; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Cromwell was involved in a traffic accident when
his motorcycle collided with another vehicle; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Cromwell sustained fatal injuries as a result of
that collision; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Cromwell was born in Lodi, attended local schools
and graduated from the Lodi Academy in 1981, and earned a Bachelor
of Science Degree in Computer Technology from DeVry School of
Industry in Arizona; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Cromwell, after completing training at the San
Joaquin Delta Police Academy, was hired by the City of Lodi in August
of 1988; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Cromwell was a court-certified expert in the
field of collision reconstruction who was frequently called upon to
consult on all serious collisions in Lodi and for other police
agencies; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Cromwell was a critical member of the police
department's Major Accident Investigation Team and was considered to
have a special talent in that area; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Cromwell was an expert motorcycle rider and a
state-certified instructor who taught riding skills to other officers
and was the lead officer in charge of the maintenance of the entire
fleet of police motorcycles; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Cromwell is survived by his wife, Cindy; his
daughters, Ashleigh and Lindsey; his parents, Mary and Chuck
Cromwell; his sister, Brenda Papais, and her son, Nathan; his
grandmothers, Elda Cromwell and Elizabeth Little; and his in-laws,
Emma and Al Berg; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Cromwell was a respected member of the City of
Lodi Police Department and was dedicated to the protection of the
citizens of Lodi; and
   WHEREAS, It is appropriate that the portion of State Highway Route
12 between Lower Sacramento Road and the Lodi City limits at State
Highway Route 99 be dedicated to the memory of this officer who made
the ultimate sacrifice in the service of the people of this state;
now, therefore, be it
   Resolved, by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That this portion of State Highway Route 12
between Lower Sacramento Road and the Lodi City limits at State
Highway Route 99 be designated the "Officer Rick Charles Cromwell
Memorial Freeway"; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of appropriate plaques and markers, consistent
with the signing requirements for the state highway system, showing
that special designation, and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources sufficient to cover that cost, to erect those plaques and
markers; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the Department of Transportation and to the author for
appropriate distribution.
